On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 19:19, Albert Padley wrote:
> Thanks everyone. Always nice to know there is more than one direction
> to go in.
>
> Albert
>
>
> On Jun 20, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Ray Hauge wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday 20 June 2006 15:28, Adam Zey wrote:
> >> Ray Hauge wrote:
> >>> On Tuesday 20 June 2006 15:14, Albert Padley wrote:
> >>>> I have a regular for loop - for($i=1; $i<100; $i++)
> >>>>
> >>>> Within the loop I need to create variables named:
> >>>>
> >>>> $p1name;
> >>>> $p2name;
> >>>> $p3name;
> >>>> etc.
> >>>>
> >>>> The integer portion of each variable name needs to be the value
> >>>> of $i.
> >>>>
> >>>> I can't seem to get my syntax correct?
> >>>>
> >>>> Can someone point me in the right direction?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> Albert Padley
> >>>
> >>> If you really want to keep the p?name syntax, I would suggest
> >>> throwing
> >>> them in an array with keys.
> >>>
> >>> $arr["p1name"]
> >>> $arr["p2name"]
> >>>
> >>> Then that way you can create the key dynamically:
> >>>
> >>> $arr["p".$i."name"]
> >>>
> >>> Not pretty, but it works.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>
> >> I haven't checked this, but couldn't you reference it as $arr["p
> >> $iname"]
> >> ? Is there a reason why variable expansion wouldn't work in this
> >> circumstance?
> >>
> >> If it does, you could make it easier to read by doing $arr["p{$i}
> >> name"]
> >> even though the {} aren't required. It'd be a lot easier to read than
> >> concatenations :)
> >>
> >> Regards, Adam.
> >
> > Both of those ways work. I think there's a question on the PHP
> > Certification
> > Exam about the different ways to work with strings.
Ahhh, got to love the fact that there's a question, yet no need for the
taker to actually understand the implications. Does anyone know if you
can get toilet paper with certs printed on it?
Cheers,
Rob.
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